The coming flu season may be a doozy. Here’s why
The coming flu season may be a doozy. Even as coronavirus was devastating populations around the world, killing 3.7 million people globally, doctors…
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Senate passes massive bipartisan bill to combat China’s growing economic influence
The Senate passed rare bipartisan legislation on Tuesday aimed at countering China’s growing influence by investing more than $200 billion in…
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Kim Kardashian says she’ll love Kanye West ‘for life’ in birthday post
They may be getting divorced, but there’s apparently no love lost between Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. Kardashian posted a photo of her, West…
Continue ReadingThree Colorado gun measures in response to Boulder shooting are close to becoming law
A series of gun measures in Colorado that were prompted by the mass shooting in Boulder in March are close to becoming law. Democratic state…
Continue ReadingWhite House negotiations with Capito-led group of Republicans officially done
Infrastructure negotiations between President Joe Biden and a Senate GOP group led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito broke down on Tuesday, and now the…
Continue ReadingChipotle raises its menu prices
Chipotle raised its menu prices by about 3.5% to 4% to cover the cost of higher wages for employees, the company’s Chief Financial Officer John…
Continue ReadingOregon Republicans call on GOP state lawmaker to resign after video shows him appearing to tell protesters how to enter closed state Capitol
Republican members of Oregon’s House of Representatives have called on an embattled member of their caucus to resign after newly surfaced video…
Continue ReadingNew York City to end solitary confinement in its jails
The New York City Board of Correction voted unanimously Tuesday to end solitary confinement in city jails, according to a statement from Mayor Bill…
Continue ReadingA total of 27 graves have been found so far at 1921 Tulsa massacre search site
There are now 27 graves that have been uncovered at an excavation site for the remains of those killed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre at Oaklawn…
Continue ReadingUS ambassador to Russia warned senators that Biden administration risks repeating predecessors’ mistakes in dealing with Putin
The day before the White House announced that President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin would hold their first in-person meeting in…
Continue ReadingMan arrested for allegedly impersonating Trump’s family in fundraising scheme
A man from central Pennsylvania was arrested Tuesday for allegedly impersonating former President Donald Trump‘s family members on social media…
Continue ReadingVaccination rates plunge in some states, slowing progress in the fight to end Covid-19
Covid-19 vaccinations have slowed to a trickle in some states, leaving unvaccinated Americans vulnerable to new variants and threatening the chances…
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Teen who wore Mexican flag at graduation gets the diploma he was denied at the ceremony
When Ever López walked across the stage at his North Carolina high school graduation, he became the first of his immediate family to graduate high…
Continue ReadingMitt Romney: It’s unacceptable Microsoft censored Tiananmen Square images in America
Senator Mitt Romney wants answers from Microsoft after the company blocked images and videos around the world of “Tank Man,” the…
Continue ReadingNASA’s new chief on SpaceX’s Mars rocket, UFOs and going back to the moon
Former Florida Senator and veteran of spaceflight, Bill Nelson, has taken the helm at NASA. The space agency has the ball rolling on plans to return…
Continue ReadingBiden has 5-minute talk with GOP Sen. Capito as hopes for bipartisan infrastructure plan dim
President Joe Biden spoke over the phone with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the lead Republican negotiator on infrastructure legislation, for five…
Continue ReadingA ‘Covid crime wave’ is one reason these residents want to break away from Atlanta — but critics say a split would be devastating for the city
In Atlanta’s well-to-do community of Buckhead, the debate over becoming an independent city has been brewing off and on for decades. Now, amid…
Continue ReadingWendy’s stock surges as Reddit crowd talks up ‘chicken tendies’
Move over, AMC and GameStop. Wendy’s is the latest hot stock with the WallStreetBets crowd. Shares of Wendy’s surged more than 25% in…
Continue ReadingSouth African health minister placed “on special leave” pending investigation into awarding of contracts
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa placed Health Minister Zweli Mkhize “on special leave” Tuesday pending an investigation into the…
Continue Reading‘Loki’ makes a new kind of mischief as Marvel’s latest ‘variant’ for Disney+
The slow wind-up has characterized all three of Marvel’s Disney+ series, but the pacing feels particularly sluggish — and the endgame, pardon…
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